Dropbox audio player limitations

Dropbox-hosted audio works for most use cases, but there are real differences compared to audio uploaded to your Selected Credits account.

Specific limitations of Dropbox audio

Disconnecting Dropbox breaks every

Dropbox-hosted track If you remove Selected Credits's access to your Dropbox account, every Dropbox-streamed track will stop playing on your portfolios until you reconnect and re-add them.

Bandwidth is governed by Dropbox

Dropbox imposes its own bandwidth caps on shared content. For a small portfolio audience this is rarely an issue, but a track that goes viral could hit limits that account-storage tracks would not.

You can't mix Dropbox and account-storage

tracks in the same player Each audio player has to use one source or the other. If you want both on the same portfolio page, use a separate player for each.

When account storage is the better call

• Important demos where you don't want a Dropbox disconnect or accidental deletion to break playback.
• Tracks for a portfolio that might get heavy traffic.

When Dropbox is the better call

• Large back-catalog where uploading would blow past your storage quota.
• Working drafts you're already managing in your Dropbox workflow.